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Bipartisan politicians rally to save US cultural funding

Criticism of President Trump’s proposed cuts creates united front of Democrats and Republicans

Gone, but not forgotten: Resurrected Artists in the Main Show

Five of the 15 artists in Viva Arte Viva who are deceased but, Macel says, deserving of more recognition

Documenta opens in Athens with emphasis on performance, politics and little-known artists

The show has been criticised for neglecting the Greek artistic scene but praised for supporting state-run museums in the city

What does Trump's plan to abolish estate tax mean for collectors?

The plan could be a mixed bag for both wealthy market players and cultural charities

Nitsch performance using slaughtered bull to go ahead in Tasmania

A petition launched by an animal rights group to block the work has attracted 20,000 signatures

Mummy mania makes comeback in Liverpool

UK museum housing largest collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts outside the British Museum reopens after 18-month refurbishment

Janelle Monáe celebrates the MCA Chicago

Monáe is due to perform at the museum’s MCA ArtEdge: 50 gala

New book lifts lid on Mohammed Afkhami’s Iranian contemporary art collection

Financier says that an exhibition of his holdings in Toronto could travel to Houston

Venture capitalist Jean Pigozzi plans foundation to house huge contemporary African art collection

Works from his 10,000-strong holdings are on show in extensive survey at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris

I.M. Pei’s life and work celebrated to mark architect’s centenary

Chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design the Kennedy Library, he went on to build landmark museums across the globe

Shows set to let textile artist and printmaker Anni Albers shine

The wife and fellow Bauhaus refugee of Josef is at the forefront of two forthcoming exhibitions, including a full-scale survey of her work planned for 2018 at Tate Modern

UK exhibition costs statue an arm and a leg—in a good way

Conservators remove sculpture’s “horrendous” replacement limbs ahead of Fitzwilliam show

Late artist Marisol leaves the lot to the Albright-Knox

Sculptures, photos, drawings, archives, property and other artists’ works go to the upstate New York museum the artist wanted to be the home for her art

Tomás Saraceno collaborates with 7,000 spiders to make largest-ever exhibited web

Argentinian artist’s solo show in Buenos Aires also includes a sound piece played by an arachnid

East Anglian sculpture park set to be created on university campus

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts launches project with controversial placement of works by Antony Gormley

Nowhere to hide: new tool brings technical firepower to the fight against fraudsters

Proprietary screening software will trawl the dark web for fakes and unauthorised copies sold online

De Stijl factory gets a new lease of life in time for art movement's centenary

New owners restore De Ploeg—the only industrial building designed by Gerrit Rietveld

Frieze sculpture park to open in London this summer

Art fair’s outdoor exhibition will be on view from July to October

Major exhibition on the Hajj planned for Abu Dhabi this autumn

Show exploring annual pilgrimage to Mecca due to be held at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Peggy Guggenheim's great-grandchildren say New York exhibition violates her legacy

Row follows long-running legal dispute between the Guggenheim Foundation and the collector's descendants

President Erdoğan plans new museum dedicated to Turkey’s failed coup

Propaganda project will focus on the “martyrs and warriors” who fought last summer’s rebellion

Pompeii will have 'regular maintenance at last'

Massimo Osanna, the man leading the ancient city's restoration, has turned the site around—but there is still work to do

Trinity Church sued by sculptor over 9/11 work removed from courtyard

Steve Tobin filed a complaint under the Visual Artists Rights Act saying the church violated his moral rights

Germany to investigate mass plunder of works of art by Stasi in Cold War era

Research into post-war seizures of art in East Germany could spark international restitution claims

'World's shortest railway' to resume service by this summer

Angel's Flight, a historic funicular in downtown Los Angeles, gets major revamp ahead of its reopening